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Good morning! I noticed something rather interesting in this year's draft. Something reminiscent of a time long ago. I'm talking about the year 1981, in the year prior, the 49ers secondary was notoriously bad. Randy Cross said that they went through over "Thirty-something defensive backs". So what did Bill Walsh do? What Bill Walsh does.

Round 1: Ronnie Lott.

Round 2: Eric Wright

Round 3: Carlton Williamson

In the America's Game episode with the 1981 49ers, Dwight Clark says something along the lines of "Bill Walsh went and got his secondary all at once".